• About EmboSS 2018 (Dec 5-6, 2018)
  The 2nd International Symposium on Embodied-Brain Systems Science (EmboSS 2018) is an international forum for researchers to present their researches and share their ideas. Researchers who address Embodied-Brain Systems Science from Biological and physiological fields, System Engineering and Applied Mathematics, and Rehabilitation disciplines are welcomed.

• Topics include, but are not limited to, the following tracks:
  – Biological and physiological experiments of human and animals
  – Modeling of brain and body dynamics
  – Construction and experiments on artificial systems by utilizing robotic technologies

Venue: Senri Life Science Center, Osaka, Japan

Address:1-4-2,Shinsenrihigashimachi,Toyonaka-city,Osaka,Japan 560-0082

How to access to Senri Life Science Center

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1. Invited speakers
2. Program
3. Poster session information

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Invited Speakers

[ Invited Talk 1 ]

Dr. Paolo Dario
Professor, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Title: Achievements and Frontiers of Bionics Science and Engineering.

[ Invited Talk 2 ]

Dr. Etienne Burdet
Professor, Imperial College London
Title: Human-machine interaction and neurorehabilitation.

[ Invited Talk 3 ]

Dr. Sten Grillner
Professor, Karolinska Institutet
Talk: The neural control system for the control of motion is evolutionary conserved from Forebrain to Spinal cord

[ Invited Talk 4 ]

Dr. Peter Strick
Professor,University of Pittsburgh
Title: Evolution of the cortical control of movement: Why rodents can’t play the violin

[ Invited Talk 5 ]

Dr. Trevor Drew
Professor, Université de Montréal
Title: A Cortical Network for the planning and execution of visually-guided gait modifications.

[ Invited Talk 6 ]

Dr. Mark Hallett
Senior Investigator, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Title:Neuro-rehabilitation: From Pathophysiology to Application

Program

2018/12/5 (Wed)	2018/12/6 (Thu)
8:15-9:00: Registration 9:00-9:10: Opening Talk by Dr. Jun Ota	8:15-9:00: Registration
Model-based rehabilitation: a new era of rehabilitation      Chaired by Dr. Shin-ichi Izumi 9:10-10:00: Invited Talk 1 Dr. Paolo Dario 10:00-10:50: Invited Talk 2 Dr. Etienne Burdet	Motor and frontoparietal network: Anatomical and functional basis for neuro-rehabilitation      Chaired by Dr. Eiichi Naito 9:00-9:50: Invited Talk 4 Dr. Peter Strick 9:50-10:40: Invited Talk 5 Dr. Trevor Drew
10:50-11:05: Break	10:40-10:55: Break
11:05-11:35: Member Talk 1 Dr. Hiroshi Imamizu 11:35-12:05: Member Talk 2 Dr. Tetsunari Inamura	10:55-11:25: Member Talk 6 Dr. Kazuhiko Seki 11:25-11:55: Member Talk 7 Dr. Yuriko Sugiuchi
12:05-13:40: Picture & Lunch	11:55-13:30: Picture & Lunch
Muscle synergy: gait, posture and upper limb control and synergy-based rehabilitation      Chaired by Dr. Kaoru Takakusaki 13:40-14:30: Invited Talk 3 Dr. Sten Grillner	Neuro-rehabilitation: from pathophysiology to real application      Chaired by Dr. Takashi Hanakawa 13:30-14:20: Invited Talk 6 Dr. Mark Hallett
14:30-14:45: Break	14:20-14:35: Break
14:45-15:15: Member Talk 3 Dr. Tetsuro Funato 15:15-15:45: Member Talk 4 Dr. Shinya Aoi 15:45-16:15: Member Talk 5 Dr. Natsue Yoshimura	14:35-15:05: Member Talk 8 Dr. Dai Owaki 15:05-15:35: Member Talk 9 Dr. Shin’ichi Furuya 15:35-16:05: Member Talk 10 Dr. Jun Izawa
16:15-18:30: Poster Session 1 with coffee	16:05-17:35: Poster Session 2 with coffee
18:30-20:30: Banquet 20:30-: After-Banquet Party by Dr. Tsuyoshi Ikegami	17:35-17:45: Closing by Dr. Jun Ota

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Poster session information

The poster list (Poster Number, Title, Authors) is available here.
Abstract will be distributed at the conference.

General & Program Chair: Eiichi Naito, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

General & Program Co-chair: Akira Murata, Kindai University

Publicity Chair: Kei Mochizuki, Kindai University

Publication Chair: Satoshi Hirose, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Local Arrangement Chair: Tsuyoshi Ikegami, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Secretariat: Kaoru Amemiya, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology

Executive Committee:
Jun Ota, The University of Tokyo
Shin-ichi Izumi, Tohoku University
Toshiyuki Kondo, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hiroshi Imamizu, The University of Tokyo
Kazuhiko Seki, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry
Kaoru Takakusaki, Asahikawa Medical University
Hajime Asama, The University of Tokyo
Nobuhiko Haga, The University of Tokyo
Yoshikazu Shinoda, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
Eiichi Saito, Fujita Health University
Koji Ito, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science
Paolo Dario, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

Advisers:
Shigemi Mori, National Institute for Physiological Sciences
Toshinori Hongo, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science